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Defend the Roadless Rule

The Trump administration just announced its latest plans to dismantle the Roadless Area Conservation Rule – which protects 2 million acres in Oregon, 2 million acres in Washington and roughly 45 million acres nationally – from road building, logging, and mining. The process that began last year and resulted in over 99% of the 600,000 comments submitted citing opposition to the plan, now enters a second comment period.

Pacific Rivers, and countless other organizations are asking you to make your voice heard.

The comment period stays open through Monday, September 21.

Comment Now

Click the orange button above to go to the Federal comment site.
Hit the blue “comment” box at the top left side of the page.
Include your name and where you are from. Consider other personal experience, expertise, or perspective that may be relevant.
Use your own voice.

We encourage you to take the opportunity to submit your comment directly as soon as possible. A single, well-supported comment may carry more weight than a thousand form letter “sign ons”.

POSSIBLE TALKING POINTS

Vital for America’s Drinking Water: The US National Forests are the headwaters of many of our great rivers and one of the largest sources of municipal water supply in the nation, serving over 60 million people in 3,400 communities in 33 states. The Roadless Rule is the sole protection for over 80,000 miles of rivers on public lands that supply drinking water for over 24 million Americans.
Vital Habitat for Imperiled Species: The lands in question include diverse forests, wetlands, canyons and other undeveloped lands that are critical to our nation's ecological health. At least 1,930 agency-identified sensitive species rely on habitat within roadless areas.
Protecting Migration Corridors and Habitat: Protected roadless areas help ensure that migratory game corridors for species such as elk and mule deer remain intact and protected from roads and the industrial development roads enable. In order to log a forest, you have to build a road.
Subsistence and Cultural Values: These spaces are critical to food security for many indigenous communities as well as for sustaining cultural practices, including hunting, fishing, and gathering forest plants for food, medicine, and traditional arts.
Outdoor Recreation: Roadless areas offer abundant outdoor recreation opportunities such as hunting, fishing, camping and other activities. Every year, millions of people take advantage of the free (or extremely affordable) access to these public lands. Americans do NOT want logging in National Forests – which is currently prohibited by this rule.

Urge your Senators & Representatives to uphold treaty rights and protect the Salish Sea and Columbia-Snake River Basin salmon and orcas from extinction.

Nearly 170 years ago the United States government signed treaties with Northwest Native Tribes, guaranteeing these sovereign Nations the right to fish for salmon at their usual and accustomed fishing grounds. By pushing salmon to the brink of extinction, we have not lived up to the promises of those treaties.

Urge your policymakers to recommit to upholding treaty rights and support tribal leadership in developing comprehensive solutions in the Salish Sea and the Columbia-Snake River Basin to protect salmon and orcas from extinction.

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